ENDUROCROSS
AMA ENDUROCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1 / AUGUST 24, 2019
FINDL AY TOYOTA CENTER / PRESCOTT VALLEY, ARIZONA
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Kepple, and Graffunder rounded
out the top five. Haaker got off to
a rough start by getting stuck on
a log and finishing 12th.
MOTO1
Graffunder started race one
in third and quickly moved to
second when Blazusiak crashed
in the rock pile on lap one. Tre-
maine had the lead and held it for
several laps before a big crash
in the Matrix. Graffunder took a
comfortable win. Haaker had a
second-row gate pick due to his
stumble during the Hot-Lap but
quickly moved up into the top
Haaker put in 2-1-1 moto
scores to take the top step of
the podium despite starting on
the second row in two of the
three motos. Graffunder had his
best result in a couple of years
riding an SRT Yamaha YZ250F.
The Canadian had 1-5-3 moto re-
sults. Blazusiak rounded out the
podium with 4-6-2 moto scores.
HOT-LAP
Blazusiak got the day started
by setting the fastest time during
the Seat Concepts Hot Lap. Be-
ta's Ty Tremaine, TM's Ty Cullins,
3 Bros SRT/ Husqvarna's Noah
NEW RACE FORMAT
The Super EnduroCross Series
implemented a three-moto format
to determine the overall results
similar to the FIM SuperEnduro
Championship, where 16 riders
compete in the three motos using
an eight-gate double-row start.
The moto starting positions are
determined by an afternoon hot-
lap; moto two is inverted from the
moto one results, and the final
moto gate picks are based on the
moto-two results. This means the
best riders will have to contend
with at least one second-row
starting position.
Cory Graffunder returned to the series
and came away with second overall.
